Sevmash shipyard at Severodvinsk, which refurbished the INS Vikramaditya for the Indian Navy, has offered to build a new aircraft carrier for the Indian navy powered by gas turbines or nuclear powered steam turbines.

The Vikramadityaâ€™s uses diesel steam turbines.

The Nevskoye design bureau in St. Petersburg already has aircraft carrier designs ready to meet Indian Navy requirements.

According to Andrei Diachkov, president of Russiaâ€™s United Shipbuilding (OSK), construction would take between seven and 10 years.

Alternatively, Sevmash could help India build the Indian Aircraft Carrier - 2 (IAC-2 ) through a joint venture with an Indian shipbuilder. The Indian Navy is currently in the process of firming up the design of IAC-2 (also referred to as INS Vishal) the successor to IAC-1 INS Vikrant.

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Here is the bummer. The Nevskoye designs were offered to the Russian Navy but were rejected, ostensibly because Russia is looking for a much more advanced carrier

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The Nevskoye design bureau in St. Petersburg has been working on a next-generation carrier for the Russian navy since 2005. It has already produced several design proposals and submitted them to the Russian navy for assessment. It is believed that the new carrier on offer to India will be based on one of these proposals. Construction would take between seven and 10 years, according to Andrei Diachkov, president of Russiaâ€™s United Shipbuilding (OSK). He further stated that OSK is ready to assist India in the indigenous construction of aircraft carriers, through a joint venture being established between Russian and Indian shipbuilders.

However, a high-ranking source in the Russian navy said that that service wants a ship â€œa lot more advanced than the one on offerâ€ from Nevskoye. The Russian navyâ€™s â€œdreamâ€ carrier would be armed with advanced self-defense systems able to intercept high-flying targets, including low-orbiting satellites. It should also have â€œunderwater capability,â€ the source said, hinting at the ability of the carrier to carry advanced manned or unmanned submersible vessels. The navy expects the Nevskoye design house to complete the draft design of an advanced ship in 2014, then issue production documentation in time for Sevmash to begin construction in 2020.

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Yes this is business, keep best for ourselves and sell the rest to else.

Alternatively, Sevmash could help India build the Indian Aircraft Carrier - 2 (IAC-2 ) through a joint venture with an Indian shipbuilder. The Indian Navy is currently in the process of firming up the design of IAC-2 (also referred to as INS Vishal) the successor to IAC-1 INS Vikrant.

Some more ..... Admiral Nirmal Talking to AIN..... this points to something really brewing !!! Few days back announcement of 2nd Carrier construction, which was quiet surprising looking at IAC 1 status, and now these comments !!!

With Indiaâ€™s first indigenous carrier (IAC-1) now under construction at the Cochin shipyard, there is speculation surrounding future aircraft carriers, and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma told AIN that the design of the second carrier has not been decided. IAC-1 has a ski jump, but it has not been decided yet whether a planned second indigenous carrier (IAC-2) would be similarly equipped with a ski jump for short-takeoff but arrested recovery (Stobar) operations. Russia has proposed joint development of an advanced carrier design to India.

â€œ[We] do not rule out the IAC-2 catapult or the F-35 [naval version] in the futureâ€¦it will be years before we decide,â€ Verma said. â€œSome people are jumping to conclusions [on the design]. The training, maintenance and aircraft commonality issues we will face with the catapult design are entirely different. We have other prioritiesâ€¦We have to examine what would be a reasonable time-frame for introduction,â€ he added.

Should India opt for the catapult design, it would need Western aircraft. The navy has already shown interest in Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye AEW aircraft. Lockheed Martin, too, has proposed the naval version of the F-35 to the Indian navy.

Italy-based Fincantieriâ€™s Naval Vessel Business Unit is said to have been involved in the concept, design and implementation plans of IAC-1. It is still not clear if the Indian navy will accept Russiaâ€™s offer of cooperation on the design of IAC-2, but geo-political considerations are a factor. Verma declined to comment on whether IAC-2 would be nuclear powered.

India could get Russia is supply the blueprints of the N-powerplant and the transmission, and the overall design, and the AC could be built in India itself. It could be a joint-development, and a sister ship could be built later. Russia could be paid for complete ToT.

AC 3 may b joint venture between ru and india they can supply nuclear reactor france can supply catapull technology isreal can supply radars america can supply jets we will supply them dolars then assamble he he he
desi style of working we go 4 best jugaade tech were we get and make something stunning at par then parent manufacturer eg SU 30 MKI

Russians sure know how to screw up our project and to keep up on just sufficent life support, so that we cant do much, at the same time they will milk us all they can. Sad to say that some people are in lolipop business and others are in dream business.